This Week in Health and Fitness: Join Beijing's Best Fitness Brands at Lorna Jane Active Nation Day

Make the most of the remaining good weather by heading out to Mutianyu Great Wall on Saturday, September 23, for the first Beijing edition of Active Nation Day. 

Active Nation Day is a movement created in 2012 by the eponymous founder of Aussie activewear brand Lorna Jane to inspire women, their families, communities, cities, and the world to live a more active life. Lorna’s vision was to dedicate the last Sunday of September every year to inspiring each other to move in a bid to fight the growing number of alarming health issues facing the world today. Today, there are events in 16 countries including Australia, the US, the UK, South Africa, Dubai, Thailand, France, and China.

For the Beijing edition of Active Nation Day, Lorna Jane is partnering with local gym B Active 24-Hour Fitness, who will be bringing four of their popular group training classes to the event: Salsation with Diva, Hardcore with Hailie, Body Blast with Karo, and Flow Yoga with Maria (each of the classes is 30 minutes long). There will also be a chance to attend a lunchtime discussion session with Yoga Alliance-certified private yoga instructor Suzy, who has taught yoga to Chinese celebrities such as Zhou Xun and Yuan Shanshan, and appeared on multiple TV shows. 

Other event sponsors include our favorite healthy restaurant, Tribe; GuavaPass; GoPro; new health and fitness platform WellandFit; Juice by Melissa; MuscleLAB; and Inner Shine, Lorna Jane's official sales agent in Beijing. 

The sign-up fee for the event is RMB 92.3, including transport (buses leave from Sanlitun at 7am), entry to Mutianyu, classes by B Active, a healthy lunch from Tribe, alkaline water from Juice by Melissa, and assorted coupons and vouchers from the brands mentioned above. Sign up here. 

Note that participants are (unsurprisingly) highly encouraged to wear Lorna Jane-branded activewear, though other activewear is fine as long as it is free from obvious branding. You should also bring your own yoga mat.

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